@Anekanta: Maybe it'll be like all those folks who donate their glasses to send off to poor countries. "You may not be able to afford the latest model, but how about this twenty-year-old jobbie? We'll make sure to get all the eye-goo off of it!"
@Bigdamnhero: Oh, there've been cyborgs for as long as humans have been putting on animal skins to keep warmer. And eyeglasses - now there's a way to modify your body to do something it might not be good at any more. And heck, they're detachable!
But even in terms of our usual idea of cyborgs, with computer chips and metal prostheses actually replacing human body parts, these have been around for a long time too.
Here's a link from one of the responders to the CNET article to a video by another group that did the same experiment. Some of their pictures are even better.
@redqueenmeg: Been done. Some guy tied a lawn chair to a bunch of balloons and floated for miles. I think he carried an air rifle to use as a descent mechanism.
@Charlie Jane Anders: if that's the case, my next car is going to be made out of styrofoam. 93,000 feet? Seriously? A styrofoam container will protect a digital camera falling 93,000 feet? Why aren't laptops made of foam?
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oops! =P
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I'm already planning on which body parts I'm gonna swap out first.
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But even in terms of our usual idea of cyborgs, with computer chips and metal prostheses actually replacing human body parts, these have been around for a long time too.
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Tleilaxu eyes for the masses, coming soon.
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Must be nice having access to weather balloons and helium for free.
And a styrofoam cooler, no less. I mean, those things aren't cheap.
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and this is a lot better than those EStes rockets I built as a kid in the 60's
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Streamed it from the camera I assume.
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